List of states by date of formation (Differently)

This is a list of sovereign states by the dates their modern forms were established.

List

Year	State	Event
301	San Marino	Independence from the Roman Empire.
1062	Ghana
1128	Portugal	Battle of São Mamede.
1238	Thailand
1270	Ethiopia	Empire established.
1278	Andorra	Independence from Aragon.
1291	Switzerland	Traditional date of foundation.
1297	Monaco
1370	Bornu
1397	Sweden
1479	Spain	Castile-Aragon unification.
1600	Dahomey
1648	Netherlands
1712	West Persia	Formed with the split of the Second Sassanid Empire.
1713	Mauretania	Independence from Spain.
1768	Nepal
1776	United States	Recognized as an independent state after its victory in the American Revolution, the independence war against England.
1790	Mystras Australis	Independence from the Byzantine Empire.
1792	Haiti	Independence from the French Empire.
1804	Sokoto
1805	Rhomania	End of the Varangian Rebellion.
1810	Mexico	Independence from Spain.
1811	Paraguay
1814	Elba	Treaty of Fontainebleau. Independence from the French Empire.
1816	Argentina	Independence from Spain.
1818	Chile
1820	Colombia
1821	Peru
	Central America
1822	Brazil	Recognized as an independent state after its victory in the independence war against Portugal.
1825	Bolivia	Independence from Spain.
1830	Belgium	Independence from the Netherlands.
	Ecuador	Independence from Gran Colombia.
	Venezuela
1842	Hong Kong
1861	Italy	Italian unification.
	Confederate States	Seceded from the United States and was recognized as an independent state after its victory in the War for Southern Independence.
1865	Van Diemen's Land	Independence from the Netherlands.
1866	Liechtenstein	Separated from the German Confederation.
1867	Danubia	Austro-Hungarian Compromise.
	Canada	Canadian Confederation.
	Johannia
	Luxembourg	Treaty of London.
1868	Japan	Meiji Restoration.
1871	Germany	German unification.
	Fiji	Kingdom established.
1882	Egypt	Modern states of Syria and Egypt founded after the liberation from the Empire of West Persia by Britain after the Perso-British War.
	Syria Palaestina
1885	Bhutan
1889	Aṉangu
	Bangui
1890	New Holland
1897	Korea	Elevation of the Joseon dynasty into the Korean Empire.
	Melanesia
1898	Las Bahías	Independence from Spain.
	Philippines
1907	New Zealand	Dominion of New Zealand established.
1910	Sophiahafen
	Swania
1911	Mongolia	Mongolian Revolution. Independence from the Qing dynasty.
1918	Iceland	Independence from Denmark.
	Jamesland
1920	Montenegro
1924	France	Fourth French Republic formed.
1925	Boer Republic	Self-governing dominion from Netherlands
1926	Quebec	Seceded from Canada after the Anglo-American War.
	Hawaii	Republic formed during the Anglo-American War.
	Caribbean Federation	Independence during the Anglo-American War.
1928	Arabia
1929	Rome	Lateran Treaty.
	Namibia	Independence from South Africa.
1943	Bosnia	Independence from Danubia.
1948	Myanmar
1949	Cyrenaica
1950	China	Beginning of the Chang dynasty and fall of the previous Xian dynasty. Manchuria and Tibet recognized as independent nations.
	Manchuria
	Tibet
1953	Laos
	Cambodia
1955	Tuareg Confederation
1956	Jamaica	Socialist uprising and war of independence.
1957	Malaysia
1958	Guinean Confederation
1960	Biafra
	Cameroon	Independence from France.
	Carthage
	Congo	Independence from Belgium.
	French Equator	Independence from France.
	Kanem
	Madagascar
1961	Tanzania
1962	Rwanda	Independence from Germany.
	Uganda	Independence from the United Kingdom.
1964	Nyasaland
	Zambia
	Mutapa
1965	Singapore
	Zimbabwe
1966	Guyana
1968	Mbini	Independence from Spain.
	Mauritius	Independence from the United Kingdom.
1970	Tonga
1971	Micronesia	Independence from Germany.
1973	Bahamas	Independence from the United Kingdom.
	Vietnam	Became recognized worldwide after its victory in the Vietnam War.
1974	Denmark
1975	Bulgaria	Socialist regimes abolished.
	Poland
	Serbia
	Vlachia
	East Persia
	Suriname	Achieved peaceful independence from the Netherlands.
	Melanesia
	Comoros	Independence from France.
	Uyghuristan
	Mozambique	Independence from Portugal.
	Tuvalu	Independence from the United Kingdom.
	Wolof Confederation	Independence from Spain.
1976	Seychelles	Independence from the United Kingdom.
	Norway
1981	Belize	Independence from the United Kingdom.
1993	Russia	Seceded from the Soviet Union after its dissolution.
	Armenia
	Azerbaijan
	Estland
	Finland
	Georgia
	Chagatai
	Latvia
	Lithuania
	Uzbekistan
1983	Djibouti	Abolition of the Adal Sultanate.
1988	Maldives	Current Constitution.
1999	Macau	Independence from Portugal.
2005	Somalia	Reunification and Confederation.
2006	Ceylon	Secession from the Tanmil Union
2014	Scotland	Seceded from the United Kingdom through a referendum.
2021	Kenya	End of the Kenyan Civil War.
2022	Botswana	Established after the Great African War.
	Angola
2023	India	Unification of the Indian Union

See also

• List of nations
• List of countries by population
• List of countries by area